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Fun Home Reviews

'Fun Home' pumps oxygenating fresh air into the cultural recycling center that is Broadway.

Ben Brantley, The New York Times

New! Fresh! Original! We toss those kudos around a lot in this business. (It's like calling everyone darling.) But 'Fun Home' really earns the praise.

Marilyn Stasio, Variety

I already thought that 'Fun Home' was the best new musical of the year in 2013. It's hard to imagine that its Broadway transfer, and transformation, will not make it the best of this season as well.

Jesse Green, New York Magazine

Summary

The most celebrated musical of the year is now Broadway’s new Tony Award®-winning Best Musical. Based on Alison Bechdel's best-selling graphic memoir, Fun Home features music by Jeanine Tesori, book and lyrics by Lisa Kron and direction by Sam Gold, all of whom won 2015 Tony Awards for their work on this production.

Fun Home introduces us to Alison at three different ages, revealing memories of her uniquely dysfunctional family – her mother, brothers and volatile, brilliant, enigmatic father – that connect with her in surprising new ways. This intimate and emotional theatrical experience is performed entirely in the round, bringing audiences closer to Alison’s story than ever before. Hailed as "the best musical of the season" by both The New York Times and New York Magazine, Fun Home "demonstrates how much our world has changed and reflects just how far we’ve come" (The Wall Street Journal).

Featuring a cast led by 2015 Tony Award winner Michael Cerveris, as well as 2015 Tony Award nominees Judy Kuhn, Beth Malone, Sydney Lucas and Emily Skeggs, Fun Home was also nominated for Best Scenic Design of a Musical (David Zinn), Best Lighting Design of a Musical (Ben Stanton) and Best Orchestrations (John Clancy). Heart-gripping and groundbreaking, Fun Home is a refreshingly honest, wholly original musical about seeing your parents through grown-up eyes.